Cush Wallace - J.O.E.(OD Tribute) lyrics

Intro: Cush Wallace Yeah! This song is dedicated to a dear childhood friend of mine that lost his life on June 4 2012 Rest in paradise homie, yeah Verse 1: Cush Wallace Take nothing for granted, everydays a blessing Never thought I'd rap now they say I'm destined To blow up like the world trade But I used to get played because how my curls waved Now the girls wave every chance they get Because I'm talented and I'm handsome b**h Now I bet you feel sick for playing me off n***as only get a verse for paying me off, n***a Ain't it crazy how I used to be ashamed But it's hard to stand out when you choose to be the same So I broke the curse off Did my own thing now they hope the worst for me Like I said, now you can't get a verse for free Don't feel the pain no more because the hurts forseen I was fourteen studying rap Saying f** geography or studying maps Now the hate is so loud unless I'm on the airplane Can't hear none of them, All my teachers hairbrained Three girls and each is fair game On their knees heads bowed like the preacher still praying Try and change the game like an audible Moneys everything if you was brought up poor When I played ball I was hard to guard Girls put it in reverse like they parking cars Few A and Rs saying that my sound ain't right yet But f** that, they ain't the ones that write checks And my dad don't believe in a rap career So I gotta dig deeper than a pap smear Six kids but we grew up so fast Forget the bad times, I always knew it pa** I was taught if I do it, do it with cla** Well, You ain't never seen it like this Cush Wallace over juicy, this is genius Cash keep the Glock by the penis, Jesus! Hook: Cush Wallace Show mercy for pain others cause And on the soul that took one of ours Damn right I like the life I live When it goes negative to positive Man its all, its all good And if you don't know, now you know n***a Yeah Verse 2: Cush Wallace I lost a childhood friend, no use in getting upset The n***a that shot him gotta live with regret For taking the person showed us give all you got Even if you got a little bit left Because life's too short not to sacrafice Man I hope we meet again in the afterlife Now I reminisce all my summers at the boys & girls club, damn Thats where I met my first crush I was shy but she was your age You introduced us and it was arranged Special shout to Britney J and her cousin too Heard you got a boyfriend, I know he loves you And I'm just one of many lives you touched O As a man of God, preaching the gospel Victorious for beating the odds Now you upstairs, eating with God, uh I hold my tears, now you're in a better place Amen, Like I just said grace Left a weird taste in my mouth, now your no longer here You helped fight battles, I was no longer scared Of n***as tryna press me up at the school I told them n***as, let's meet up after school Then you came with the football team Then my sister came and made a scene After that nobody wanted to fight But I was so embarra**ed, I wanted to fight, God! Hook: Show mercy for pain others cause and on the soul That took one of ours Damn right I like the life I live When it goes negative to positive Man its all, its all good And if you don't know, now you know n***a